The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at ...

A spruce budworm outbreak is damaging trees across Northern Minnesota, raising concerns over increased wildfire risks as a ...

The work was made possible through the Arrowhead Forest Partnership, an agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and five northeastern Minnesota ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is purchasing black spruce pine cones at a rate of $200 per bushel and jack ...

I immediately thought “rare bird” as I drove past the pair and sure enough, sitting peacefully perched at the top of a dead ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is calling on the public to help with an important task—collecting pine ...

Klongerbo is concerned about the outbreak of spruce budworm, which has impacted over 600,000 acres in our area. “It’s a little moth, and in its infant stage, its larvae stage, it’s consuming ...

The eastern spruce budworm – a native insect that feasts on the aromatic, fast-growing, and short-lived conifers – has exploded throughout much of northeast Minnesota. In the years since the ...